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July 17, 2025 5:01 PM

Fire at mall in Iraq leaves at least 69 dead: Report

A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, Reuters reported citing city's health authorities and two police sources on Thursday. Reuters' footage of the aftermath of the ove...

July 17, 2025 4:36 PM

Syria’s Sharaa vows to protect Druze rights as ceasefire holds

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its Druze minority on Thursday, after U.S. intervention helped end deadly fighting between government forces and Druze fighters in the south. Overnight,...

July 16, 2025 9:37 PM

Israel steps up Syria strikes with Damascus attack as Druze clashes continue

Israel's military said it struck the entrance to the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus on Wednesday, stepping up attacks on the Islamist-led authorities with the declared aim of protecting the Druze minority from harm by government forces. It mark...

July 16, 2025 3:25 PM

Crush at Gaza aid site kills at least 20, GHF blames armed agitators

At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators. The GHF, which is supported by Israel, s...

July 16, 2025 10:32 AM

Trump to meet Qatar’s PM to discuss Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reports

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X. Israeli and Hamas negotiators have be...

July 15, 2025 11:10 PM

Israel strikes Syrian city, vows to protect Druze from government forces

Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southwestern Syria for a second day on Tuesday, vowing to keep the area demilitarized and to protect the Druze minority as deadly clashes continued in the region at the Israeli frontier. ...

July 15, 2025 12:13 PM

Egypt says Israel-EU agreement has not increased aid to Gaza

Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday that the flow of aid into Gaza has not increased despite an agreement last week between Israel and the European Union that should have had that result. "Nothing has changed (on the ground)," Egyptian Foreign M...

July 14, 2025 3:58 PM

More than 30 killed in sectarian clashes in Syria’s Sweida, interior ministry says

More than 30 people were killed and 100 injured in armed clashes in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, the Syrian interior ministry said early on Monday, in the latest bout of sectarian clashes. The violence erupted after a wave of kidnappi...

July 14, 2025 10:07 AM

India Signs Long-Term Fertilizer Supply Agreements with Saudi Arabia During Minister JP Nadda’s Visit

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers JP Nadda concluded his three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, securing crucial agreements that will significantly enhance India's fertilizer supply chain and strengthen bilateral co...

July 14, 2025 4:00 PM

Israeli missile hits Gaza children collecting water, IDF blames malfunction

At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. The I...

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